Festivus pole on display at Fla. Capitol in protest

5:35 PM,
Dec. 11, 2013

Deerfield Beach resident Chaz Stevens and Florida Prayer Network President Pam Olsen speak in the Florida Capitol after Stevens installed a Festivus pole as a holiday display. The pole, made of beer cans, can be seen in the background.

Written by

Karl Etters
Tallahassee Democrat

There were no feats of strength and no airing of grievances, just a simple barren pole made of empty beer cans accompanied by the freedom of religion and a defining separation of church and state.

Wednesday the newest addition to the holiday displays in the public spaces of the Florida Capitol, a pole representing the fictitious holiday Festivus, joined a manger depicting the birth of Jesus and a recently removed menorah in celebration of Hanukkah.